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UNITED STATES PATENT VOFFICE.

MARIA E. BEASLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND EMIL M.HUGENTOBLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.; SAID HUGENTOBLER ASSIGNOR TO SAIDBEASLEY.

BARREL-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,193, dated June 10,1884.

Application filed May 7, 1883. (No model.)

To abZZ whom, it 12mg concern:

Be it known that we, MARIA E. BEASLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and EMIL M, HU- GENTOBLER, alsoa citizen of the United States, residing in New York city, New York,have invented an Improved Barrel-Making Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to a machine for the manufacture or building upof barrels, the staves and heads having been first formed and cut to therequired sizeby separate machinery. The barrel is formed by placing theheads in the machine and fitting the staves around the periphery of theheads, and the barrel is then released and is ready to be operated on bya hooping-machine; or the hoops may be forced down in place by the usualmethod.

The construction and operation of the machine will be fully describedhereinafter, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a front elevation of our improved barrel-buildingmachine; Fig; 2, a section of the driving-gear; Fig. 3, Sheet 2, a planview; Fig. 4, a sectional plan on line 1 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 5, Sheet 3, anend view of the ma chine; Fig. 6, a transverse section on line34, Fig.1; Fig. 7, a transverse section on line 5 6, Fig. 1; Fig. 8, atransverse section on line 7 S, Fig. 1; Fig. 9, Sheet 4, a transversesection drawn to an enlarged scale on line 9 10, Fig. 1; Fig. 10. Sheet5, a longitudinal section of part of themachine drawn to an en largedscale; Fig. 11, a detached section of the head-centering mechanism;Figs. 12, 13, and 14, detached views of parts of the machine; Figs. 15and 16, Sheet 1, diagrams illustrating the fitting of the staves aroundthe heads of the barrel; Figs. 17 and 18,. Sheet 2, and Figs. 19, 20,and 21, Sheet 3, detached views of parts of the discharging mechanism.

The frame of the machine consists of four heads, A A A A, through whichpass three tie-bolts, B B B, the two end heads, AA, having suitable legsto support the structure.

Resting on the top and bolted to the two heads A A is a frame, D, onwhich slides the hopper E.

F is the main driving-shaft running the length of the machine andcarrying at one end a driving-pulley, a.

There are five separate and distinct movements in this machine, and, inorder to simk plify the description, we will describe them separately inthe following order: First, the swinging frame for placing the headscentrally in the machine; second, the fitting of the staves around theheads, third, forcing the hoops over the barrel; fourth, the releasingof the barrel; and, fifth, the raising and lowering of the hoppercontaining the staves.

The mechanism for placing the heads centrally in the machine is shown inFigs. 1, 3, 8, and 11, and is as follows:

G is a swinging frame pivoted to the shaft H, which is attached to thetwo heads A A, and the extent of movement of this frame on its pivotinward is limited by a stop, I), striking against part of the permanentframe.

The detailed construction of the upper part of the frame will be bestobserved by reference to Fig. 11, Sheet 5, which is a sectional plan ofthat part of the frame. Two disks, 0 c, flanged to receive and hold theheads of the barrel, are

' attached to two sleeves, d d, which have their bearings in the upperpart of the frame G. The disks are partially cut away to allow of theeasy introduction and adjustment of the barrel-heads. A handled collar,f, let into a slot in the frame G, carries right and left handedscrew-bolts e, adapted to the internally-threaded sleeves d (1. Thesesleeves have longitudinal slots (1, to allow bolts (2 to pass throughthe frame and sleeves to prevent the disks 0 c from turning when thescrew-bolt c is turned. Thus by turning the collar f and its screw-boltin one direction the disks 0 c are forced out, and by turning them inthe opposite direction the disks are caused to approach each other.

, The fitting of the staves around the head is effected by mechanismshown in Figs. 1, 3, 8,

9, 10, 15, and 16.

J J are two disks,which are attached to the shafts I l, and 011 theperiphery of these disks are thin radial ribs or partitions to", leavingintermediate spaces for the reception and separation of the staves asthey are fed into the machine.

Referring to Fig. 10, Sheet 5, the cone K, in the end of which fitsthe'disk J, is made in two parts, 9 h, the upper half, 9, of the conebeing stationaryand bolted to the head A of the main frame, and having abearing, g, for the sleeve 1 on the shaft I. the cone K is hung to theshaft I, and can slide with the shaft, but cannot revolve thereon. Theshaft I revolves with the sleeve I, but has an independent endwisemovement, for a purpose described hereinafter.

The object of making the cone K in two parts is to permit the retractionof the lower half with the disk, in order to discharge the barrel.

A spring, Z, between flanges on the sleeves of the two halves of thecone, normally maintains the half-cone h and the disk J in their forwardpositions. (Shown in Fig. 10.)

The cone on the opposite side of the machine, in which fits the disk J,.is identical with the cone K, just described.

The mechanism for intermittently rotating the shafts I I and disks J Jwill now be described, reference being had to Figs. 9 and 10.

On the main shaft F of the machine is secured an eccentric, j, the strapof which is connected by a rod, K, to an arm, K, on a rocking frame, L,which is loose on the sleeve I Attached to the sleeve is aratchet-wheel,

Z, which has as many teeth as there are staves for the barrel. In thepresent instance sixteen staves are required to complete the barrel, andthere are sixteen ratchet-teeth. A pawl, Z, is pivoted to the rockingframe L, and operates on the wheel Z, each revolution of the main shaftthus turning the ratchet-wheel to the eX- tent of one tooth. Adjacent tothe ratchetwheel Z is a detentwheel, m, on the periphery of which arenotches corresponding with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel. The end of anarm, m, pivoted to a stud, n, on the head A of the main frame, dropsinto the notches on the detent-wheel m, to prevent the ratchet fromcarrying the disk J over the one-sixteenth turn, as the spaces betweenthe ribs or partitions (6 must be exactly under the hopper at each turnof the disk J. A. wheel, a, is attached to the sleeve I on the oppositeside of the rocking frame L from the detent-wheel m, and a weighted arm,n, pivoted to the stud n on the head A of the-main frame,has a pin, aresting on the periphery of the wheel a. This wheel has a notch, asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 9, which is set so as to come underthe pin a when all the staves are in place around the heads of thebarrel. Then the weighted arm it falls, and at the same time a lug, 12*,on the said arm n trips the pawl Z up out of contact with theratchet-wheel Z, so that although the frame L still continues itsrocking motion, the pawl being out of contact with the wheel Z, nomotion will be given to sleeve I and shaft I. The arm n is provided Thelower half, h, of r communicates the intermittent rotary'motion impartedto sleeve I to the opposite sleeve I, carrying the other disk J throughthe medium of the two sets of gear-wheels and pinions p p and p p, thegear-wheels p f being on the sleeves I I and the pinions p p on theshaft q.

The mechanism for forcing the hoops over the staves after the latterhave been applied to the heads is shown in Figs. 1, 3, 9, and 12, and isas follows: Two heads, M M,are mounted so as to slide on the rods B,(best observed in Fig. 1,) the head M at one end of the machine and thehead M at the opposite end. The sliding head M has a suitable screw-nut,t for the passage of the screw-bolt N, which is adapted to turn in'bearings in the frame A, and carries at its outer end a cog-wheel, N,which gears into a wheel, N", attached to a sleeve,'M;", on the maindriving-shaft F. On this sleeve is a loose pulley, a, revolving in adifferent direction from the pulley a.

Between the driving-pulley a on the shaft F and the pulley a is aclutch-sleeve, a, sliding on but turning with the sleeve M Thisclutchsleeve has teeth to engage with teeth on the hubs of either of thetwo pulleys a a, so'that the heads H M maybe forced forward when theclutch-sleeve it engages with the teeth of the pulley a, or drawnbackward when it engages with the teeth of the pulley a, or remainstationary when midway between the said pulleys. A shaft, P, at the backof the machine, serves to connect the screw-shaft N of the head M to thescrew-shaft N of the head M at the opposite end of the machine bygearing N N 'tt To lugs t on the face of each of the heads M M arepivoted a number of arms, s-five in the present instance. These arms areadapted to pass through and are guided in slotted openings in the framesA A, and the front ends of the arms are forked and caused to bear on thecone K by the springs The object of these fingers is to force the hoopsonto the barrel, as described hereinafter.

The mechanism for releasing the finished barrel is shown in Figs. 1, 4c,7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21, and is as follows: A box orcasing, R, is attached to the lower staybolt, B, in the middle of themachine. A shaft, Q, passes through this casing It. and on it aremounted two screw-sleeves, s 8, connected to the shaft by akey orspline, so as to rotate therewith but be capable of movinglongitudinally thereon, one of the sleeves having on its exterior aright-hand thread and the other a lefthand thread. These screws meshwith wormwheelsv v c v,which have their bearings in the casing It. Thewheels 1) o, gearing with each screw, are geared together by pinions 3on the under side of the casing R, Figs. 9, 10, and 14.. The shaft Q isgeared, through the pinions h and gear-wheels hhwith the maindriving-shaft F, Fig. 4., so that a constant rotary motion is impartedtothe said shaft Qand to the sleeves s, and the screw-threads on thesewheels in turn impart rotary motion to the wheels '0. If, then, thesewheels 1) are looked at any moment so as to prevent their rotation, thecontinuing rotation of the shaft Q and sleeves s will cause the latterto move apart longitudinally on the shaft Q until the said wheels 12 areunlocked or released. The devices for locking and releasing those wheelswill be referred to hereinafter. Bearing against the opposite ends ofthese sleeves s are loose collars 11, which are connected by links 0',Fig. 4, to two pendent swinging arms, '0, Figs. 1 and 7, pivoted attheir upper ends to the upper part of the frame and forked at theirlower parts, Fig. 7. These swinging arms are connected to the outer endsof the shafts I, Fig. 10, through the medium of a universal coupling, sothat the movement of the arms 0 on their pivots will impart acorresponding longitudinal movement of the shafts I with the disks J andhalves h of the two cones.

The coupling between the arm 0 and shaft I is illustrated in perspectivein Fig. 21, and consists of a sleeve, 13, mounted on the shaft I, andprovided with swiveled blocks 12, adapted to vertical slots in the forksof the arm 0, Figs. 1 and 10.

The mechanism we prefer to use for locking and releasing the wheels 222) will be understood on reference to Figs. 4, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18,19, and 20.

To the under side of the two wheels *0 are secured ratchet-wheels n",Fig. 17, into which may be geared the pawls on the bell-crank levers zz, springs acting on these levers so as to tend to throw them into gearwith the latch ets, whose teeth are arranged in such a direction thatwhen the said pawls are thrown into gear with them they (the pawls) willprevent the further rotation of the wheels 2; t by the screw sleeves 5-.Different devices may be employed for throwing thesepawls into or out ofgear 5 but we prefer those shown in the drawings. A vertically-slidingblock, w, Fig. 14, has a wedge-shaped projection, 10 acting on the innerfaces of the long arms of the levers z, and a projection, w, on thisblock is acted. on by arms on a trip-lever, WV, Fig. 18, pivot-' ed tothe frame. This lever WV is pivoted to the frame R, and a weight, as,runs on ways in the lever, so that when one end of the lever is tiltedabove the center the weight :0 rolls down to the lower end of the lever,thereby completing the full movement of the said lever. The block w hasa projection, w, which enters a recess in the end of the lever W, and atapered projection, w' which acts on the long arms of two pawls, z z,pivoted to the casing R. The short arms of the pawls s z act onratchetwheels 1:" on the hubs of the worm-wheels o 1:. (Best observed inFig. 17

On the under side of the casing R are pivoted two levers, Y and Z. Oneend, 4, of the 'leverY is curved and projects into a slot in the top ofthe lever Y, and the other half in a slot, 7, in the under side of thelever Z1 Thus as soon as" the screws 8 move apart, the block U is forcedup between them by the weighted lever Y, the block keeping the screwsapart until the operator presses on the lever Z, which presses down onthe pin 3 and releases the block U from between the two screws 8 s.Atthe same time that the weighted lever Y raises the block U it alsotilts up the end of the lever NV, and the weight 00 rolls to the end 9of the lever and elevates the block w, the portion 10 of which actuatesthe spring-paw1s z z and releases the short arms of the pawls from theratchet-wheels o, the wheels 2) '1) '0 12 being thereby unlocked, so asto be free to turn with the screw-sleeves s s. As soon as this iseffected, the sleeves are forced against the block U, and when saidblock is depressed they are forced-together, owing to the action of thesprings 11 in the cones K upon the shafts I, the movement beingtransmitted through the medium of thearms O and links 0. Atreadle-lever, X, hung to ahanger, 10, serves to tilt the'outer end ofthe leverW and operate the same, so as to induce the movement of theblock 10 in the opposite di rection to that above described. As soon asthe treadle-lever is pressed down by the operator and the lever \Visshifted, the block w is depressed, the pawl-levers Zlock the wheels 1)o, and the screw-sleeves .9 move apart, the collars 11 moving with them,so that the arms 0 O, which are connected to the collars, will force theshafts I I in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 1, thus withdrawing thedisks J J IIO and the lower halves, h, of the cones K away as soon asthe sleeves have been moved apart.

sufficiently. The block Uthen enters between them andkeeps them apart;but as soon as the said block U is withdrawn by pressing on the lever Zthe springs 1' z in the cones K force the disks J J, with the lowerhalves, h, of the cones, out to their original positions and thescrew-sleeves s s approach each other.

The mechanism for raising and lowering the hopper containing the stavesis shown in Figs. 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, and is as follows: A projection on theback of the hopper E slides in a dovetail groove, 15, in the frame D,the hopper being steadied by rails 16 on the frame. Two bearings, 17 and18, for a shaft, 19, project from the frame D, and on this shaft are twoarms, 20, connected to studs on the hopper E by links 21. At one end oftheshaft 19 isa lever, 22, working in a segment, 23, attached to theframe, this lever having a spring-bolt, 24, to enter recesses in thesegment.- By moving the handle up or down the hopper E can be raised orlowered through the medium of the shaft.19, arms 20, and links 21, andlocked in either position by the engagement of a bolt, 24, with therecesses in the segment. A weighted lever, 25, is attached to the shaft19 at the opposite end to that which carries the operating-lever 22.This weighted lever 25 counterbalances the hopper E.

The object of raising the hopper is to permit the hoops to be placed onor drawn off of the cones KK, on which thehopper rests when down.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The hoops are first placedon the cones K in front of the fingers s, the swinging frame G being inposition shown in Fig. 8that is to say, in its outer position. The twoheads of the barrel to be formed are placed in the flanged disks 0 c,and the frame G is then pushed over in the direction of the arrow, Fig.8, until it is arrested by the stops, the heads being then in line withthe disks J J. By turning the screw-bolt c, the heads of the barrel areforced against the disks, and are held by the small pins or projectionson the faces of the latter, the frame G being then withdrawn. The handle22 is then operated to permit the descent of the hopper E, which restson the cones K K. The hopper is filled with staves, and, the machinebeing started, the disks J J are turned to the extent of one stave, orone-sixteenth of a revolution, on each revolution of the driving-shaft.The staves rest directly one upon another, the lowest bearing upon thedisks J J between two of the fins a, so that as the disk is rotatedstave after stave drops onto the disks and is carried around under theflanges 26 of the cones K, which prevent any of the staves from fallingout. (See Figs. 15 and 16.) WVhen all of the staves have been'adjusted,the heads M M are put in motion by shifting onto the pulley a the clutcha, which has occupied a central position between the two pulleys a a.The screw-shafts N are turned so as to force the heads M M toward eachother, the fingers s acting on the hoops which have been deposited onthe cones K, and forcing said hoops from the cones and onto the barrel,the staves of which are thus compressed around the heads, so as tofirmly retain the same. The clutch to is then thrown into gear with thewheel a, and the movement of the screw-shafts N is thereby reversed, soas to retract the heads M M and their fingers s, the clutch being thenrestored to the intermediate position, so as to throw the screw-shafts Nout of gear. Pressure upon the treadle X then causes the retraction ofthe shafts I through the medium of the devices described, and thiscauses the withdrawal of the disks J J and the lower halves of the conesK, so as to release the barrel, which falls from the machine onto thefloor or into a suitable receptacle. The operation is completed bydepressing the lever Z, so as to release the screw-sleeves from thecontrol of the block U and wheels V V, and thus permit the disks J J andthe lower halves of the cones K to be forced by the springs i back totheir original position prior to a repetition of the above-describedoperations.

Instead of being used for making the barrel complete, as described, themachine may, if desired, be employed for setting up the body only of thebarrel, the frame G and the mechanism carried thereby being dispensedwith or thrown out of use in this event, and in some cases the disks J Jmay be rotated slowly but continuously instead of having theintermittent movement described imparted to them, the latter method ofoperation, however, being preferred.

\Ve claim as our invention 1. The combination, in a barrel formingmachine, of a stave-feeding device, opposite disks constructed toreceive and support upon their peripheries the ends of the staves,mechanism for rotatingsaid disks, and the flanges 26, surrounding butindependent of the disks, and notched for the passage of the staves,said flanges projecting over the ends of the staves, whereby they serveto retain said staves in place on the peripheries of the disks as thelatter are rotated, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a barrel-forming machine, of astave-feedingdevice, opposite disks constructed to receive and support upon theirperipheries the ends of the staves, mechanism for rotating the disks,the flanges 26, surrounding but independent of the disks and notched forthe passage of the staves from the feeder, said flanges projecting overthe ends of the staves, so as to retain the same upon the peripheries ofthe disks, the opposite hoop-holders and fingers for forcing the hoopsfrom said holders and onto the barrel while the ends of the staves arewithin the flanges 26, as set forth.

3. The combination, in a barrel-forming machine, of the stave-feedingdevice, the opposite disks, J J, constructed to receive and sup portupon their peripheries the ends of the staves, and having on saidperipheries projectloo ing pins a forming stave-sockets, mechanism forrotating saiddisks,and the retaining-flanges 26, surrounding butindependent of the disks and notched for the passage of the staves, saidflanges projecting over the ends of the staves and serving to retainthem upon the peripheries of the disks as the latter are rotated, as setforth.

4. The combination, in a barrel-making machine, of a stave-feedingdevice, opposite disks constructed for the reception and support of theends of the staves, and having their faces provided with means forretaining the heads of the barrel, mechanism for rotating said disks,the flanges 26, eit%nding completely around the disks, and Rte ed forthe passage of the staves, and projecting over the ends of the same, soas to serve as a retainer, opposite hoopholders, and the hoop-drivingfingers, as set forth.

5. The combination of the disks J J and means for rotating the same, thecones K,

having notched flanges 26 upon the ends of v the cones, and constructedto overlap the ends of the staves, a-stave-holding box, E, located abovethe notched portions of the flanges, and means, substantially asdescribed, whereby said box can be raised and lowered, as set forth.

6. The combination of the stave-feeder, the oppdsite disks J J, theflanges 26, projecting over the disks so as to retain staves carriedthereby, each flange comprising a lower 1ongitudinally-movable half andan upper fixed half notched for the passage of the staves, andmechanism, substantially as described, for rotating the disks and forretracting the same and the lower halves of the. flanges, as set forth.

7. The combination of the opposite disks J J, situated within the conesK K, with the swinging frame G and disks 0 c, and with mechanism foradvancing and retracting said disks, as set forth.

S. The combination, in abarrel-forming machine, of the disks J J,constructed to receive the staves, the shafts or sleeves I, carryingsaid disks, gearing connecting said shafts or sleeves, the ratchet-wheelm on one of the shafts or sleeves, the rocking frame L, operatedcontinuously, and having a pawl engaging with the ratchet-wheel, theratchet-locking wheel at, and the locking-lever of, constructed asdescribed, whereby it trips the pawl and throws the same out of gear 011dropping into position to lock the wheel n, as set forth.

9. The combination of the disks J J and their shafts I, the pivoted arms0, connected thereto, the longitudinallymovable screw:

sleeves s 8, means for connecting one sleeve to one arm and the other tothe opposite arm, devices for rotating the sleeves, wheels gearing intosaid sleeves, and mechanism for locking and releasing said wheels, asset forth.

10. The combination of the disks J J, the

shafts I, the arms 0, connected thereto, the

longitudinally-movable screw-sleeves ss, connected one to one arm andthe other to the opposite arm, devices for rotating said sleeves, wheels'0, gearing into the sleeves, ratchets c on said wheels, pawl-levers 2,adapted to the ratchets, and a wedge-block, 10, adapted to act upon saidlevers, as set forth.

11. The combination of the disks J J, the shafts I, the arms 0,connected thereto, the longitudinally-movable screw-sleeves ss,connected one to one arm and the other to the opposite arm, devices forrotating said sleeves, the wheels 0, gearing into the sleeves, theratchets v on said wheels, the pawls 2, adapted to the ratchets, thewedge-block w, acting on the pawls, the balance-lever XV, controllingsaid wedge-block, and having a movable weight, ac, the operating-treadleX,constructed to tilt said lever, the weighted lever Y, adapted toreverse the same, the block U, adapted to fit between the sleeves sf .9,and having a pin for acting on the lever Y, and the restoringlever Z,constructed to depress the block U, as set forth.

I11 testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARIA E. BEASLEY. EMIL M. HUGENTOBLER.

